The story of Red

This is  a little less of a how to and more of a diary of my hair over the last month, its had a bit of a trip!

It started the month being bright red, which I achieved by bleaching roughly three shades lighter than my dark brown/purple and covering with directions poppy red and rose red it came out looking like this.

It was fairly work acceptable and easy to maintain as it was more of a tint than a full colour but it didn't satisfy my need for colour enough I'm afraid and with the upkeep and pain of semi dyed hair (colour rubbing on my neck and pillows etc) it seemed silly not to go the whole hog!

So after a week of this, to get my boss used to it, I went a bit brighter.





I spent the next few days conditioning like mad, using this method of conditioning before bleaching again to strip all the brown out of my hair. Due to red being really pig headed it usually remains after a good bleaching which is great when trying to create a good base for it to stick to. I used the similar colours as above again mixed in three parts.

1 part Aussie 3 minute miracle conditioner
1 part Poppy red - Directions
1 part Coral red - Directions

and achieved this lovely bright colour

Please excuse the horrible picture.

I went for a more orange based colour by using the coral rather than the rose as I think it seemed more work ok than pinky toned hair.

By now, after the cut I had about 6 weeks ago my fringe has grown too long to wear down so I have it pinned up mostly until I get it cut again.
 




I had a few days off to go to a festival (Download if anyones interested) and wanted something a little more fun since I would have a full week of not having to try to play down my hair by tying it up or having headbands and clips in. So I added a little more poppy red and rose red to give a more intense colour at the back and I bleached the front as light a red as possible, this stuff really is impossible to budge!

I have to say that I secretely loved it!


So thats the story of my red hair month.